Yahya Bihram

Yahya Bihram
ࡉࡀࡄࡉࡀ ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ
TitleGanzibra
Personal life
Bornc. 1811
Diedlate 1800s
ChildrenYasmin Bana (daughter), Mhatam (son), and others
ParentAdam Yuhana
Known forRevival of the Mandaean priesthood
Other namesYahia Bihram
OccupationMandaean priest
RelativesRam Zihrun (cousin)
Bibia Mudalal (sister)
Religious life
ReligionMandaeism
Initiationearly 1830s
Suq esh-Shuyuk
by Ram Zihrun
InitiatedRam Zihrun

Yahya Bihram (also spelled Yahia Bihram; Classical Mandaic: ࡉࡀࡄࡉࡀ ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ) was a 19th-century Mandaean priest. Although initially a learned layman (yalufa), he became known for reviving the Mandaean priesthood after a cholera epidemic had killed all living Mandaean priests in 1831. He is mentioned in the colophons of various Mandaean manuscripts.